Strategos Total War

**Azathoth** · 07-08-2009, 05:00

Name one really important mod for M2TW

Dominion of the Sword, Deus lo Volt, Broken Crescent, Stainless Steel, Third Age: Total War...

And about the Galatian tribes...they were under the control of the Achaemenids, weren't they?

The Celtic Galatians didn't settle there until like 280 BC.

**Maion Maroneios** · 07-08-2009, 09:40

You can apply for a subforum to be created and I have (for a PBM game), but the Moderators require lots of organization, motivation and enough members. Trust me.

Maion

**Old_King_Coal** · 07-08-2009, 14:45

@Maion: ok I guess It'll be a while before we can go there. Let's just putter around here and in the group

@Azathoth: I should probabl change galatians to celts. As they were independant. They also have very good place in this mod as the Celtic King Brenneus attempted to take Greece in 279 BCE.

**Skullheadhq** · 07-08-2009, 17:41

Somebody needs my help here?
And really, kingdoms is very much the same thing and you have 10 extra faction slots. So you could do all city states you want.

And how much provinces are we going to do?
What is the start date?

Here's map of 550BC

**Maion Maroneios** · 07-08-2009, 17:44

Yeah King, Skullheadhq and satalexton want to help. I guess both of you guys should state what you can help with, this helps organizing the work. Also, if you do get into the team I can add you to the Social Group.

Maion

**Subotan** · 07-08-2009, 17:57

How much harder is Kingdoms to mod than RTW? Is it proportional to the benefits you can get out of the upgrade?

**Phalanx300** · 07-08-2009, 18:19

I you guys want to make the mod go ahead, be sure to go Historical.

I think I'll stick with Hegemonia for now.

If you guys need any information on Sparta you can give be a call.

I've noticed you guys took the bodyguard emblem for a whole unit, I suggest to use them for the officers to represent the two bodyguards better!

**Skullheadhq** · 07-08-2009, 18:25

I can help with the load screens, text files, UI, banners.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Foot** · 07-08-2009, 19:25

Originally Posted by Old_King_Coal

@Azathoth: I should probabl change galatians to celts. As they were independant. They also have very good place in this mod as the Celtic King Brenneus attempted to take Greece in 279 BCE.

The celts didn't even arrive in asia minor until the 270s BC, so they were neither subjects of the persian king or free people. They weren't even there!

Foot

**Skullheadhq** · 07-08-2009, 20:59

What do you think of this map?

And in 550 this happened: (yeah its wikipedia didn't have time really)
559 BC — King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded by his son Cyrus II the Great.
558 BC — Hegesias is removed as Archon of Athens.
558 BC — The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle.
556 BC — Pisistratus is exiled from Athens to Euboea.
556 BC — Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.
556 BC/555 BC — Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.
c. 550 BC — Colonisation of Greeks ends.
550 BC — Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians.
550 BC — The Temple of Artemis completed in Ephesus.
550 BC — Cyrus II the Great overthrows Astyages of the Medes, establishing the Persian Empire.

So in 550 we could include the Persian Empire

**Old_King_Coal** · 07-08-2009, 23:18

@foot: by celts I am referring to a different group that lves just north-east of the veneti, not the galatians.

@skull: Ok I'm sure we'd all appreciate ur help. could u get working on some banners for the various poleis and other states? Also we have a moajor campaign map but I think it would be a great idea to have a number of other maps for provincial campaigns. Like on just for greece, carthage and sicily etc.

please note that this mod is not intended as competition for Hegemonia, the focus for this project is on Greek influences and areas they affected.

PS how in jumping juniper bushes do I change my avatar?

**Azathoth** · 07-09-2009, 01:18

But...there aren't any Celts in that map. You've got Greek colonies like Syracuse, Italic natives, and not much else in Italy. Rome, Carthage, and the northern Black Sea aren't there either!

And there's also a problem with only giving the Achaemenids Anatolia - what about the rest of the empire, which includes Armenia, Assyria, Egypt, Greater Iran, Bactria, etc?

They'll just be pushovers otherwise, and it seems unlikely that the Achaemenid King wouldn't try to retake his lost provinces (or allow the title of satrap to become hereditary!).

It'll be like the Seleucids in vanilla RTW.